Hi, A friend sent me some starter. I followed directions to the t and I put it in the oven to bake at 450 a few minutes ago. The dough was VERY VERY loose and sticky. I put it on a mound of flour and tried stretching and pulling a few times. I cut it in half and put into 2 loaf pans oiled and floured and let rise for an hour. It's so wet I couldn't even score it. It did however double in size. Should I have added more flour? When I received the starter the only flour I had left was bread mixed with some cake flour (probably 1/3 cake to 2/3 bread). Could that have made the end product too soft or loose to maneuver? I still have a container with starter left in the frig. It bubbled fine and had no trouble rising. The instructions said to feed it for 3 days after getting the starter with 3/4 cup water to 1 cup flour. I did get more bread flour so the cake/bread flour I used the first feeding was then replaced with 100% bread flour. Just wondering if the rest of the starter in the frig will be alright? If I should feed it less water and more flour? Or, wait until I'm ready to make my next loaf by adding 1 cup water and 4 cups flour instead of 2 cups water and 4 cups flour. This is the very first time I've ever done this. Lastly, it said on the recipe to bake at 500 for 45-50 minutes. I thought that was too high so lowered it to 450. Thanks for your advice. Hope I didn't ask too many questions. Maxine

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